Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Puppis (Pup)
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CG 4 God's Hand, Oliver White
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CG 4 God's Hand

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CG 4 God's Hand

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CG 4, commonly referred to as God's Hand, is a star-forming region located in the Puppis constellation, about 1,300 light-years (400 pc) from Earth. It is one of several objects referred to as "cometary globules", because its shape is similar to that of a comet.  It has a dense head formed of gas and dust, which is around 1.5 ly (0.46 pc) in diameter, and an elongated faint tail around 8 ly (2.5 pc) in length.  CG 4, and the nearby cometary globules, generally point away from the Vela Supernova Remnant, located at the center of the Gum Nebula.

OK, that's what it says in Wikipedia.  Personally, I believe this is proof that giant intergalactic space worms are real.

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CG 4 God's Hand, Oliver White